Comments by "Kevin Street" (@Kevin_Street) on "Fantasy tv is dying. Here's why." video.

  1. Oh yeah, Merlin! That's another fascinating fantasy miniseries from the past. It used to be possible to do fantasy on network TV for budgets far less than six million an episode.
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  2. It's wild that Netflix spent millions on the rights, then gave it to a showrunner who wasn't interested in adapting the stories.
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  3. I agree with you! Sorry about the exclamation mark, it's just that YouTube randomly recommended your video and I'm a bit surprised we see the issue in such a similar way. The problem is that fantasy is too expensive to make, at least the way that streamers are making it right now. As an old guy I remember when fantasy mostly came in the form of TV mini-series. They were usually between six to ten episodes, and adapted some preexisting story. There was the Arabian Knights, The Odyssey, Peter Pan, Stephen King, The Wizard of Oz and about five hundred different versions of fairy tales. The results were somewhat mixed in terms of quality, but my impression is they cost about the same amount as a prime time drama series, or maybe slightly more. But not six million an episode! I agree with you that animation is the best way forward right now. Something like Wheel of Time could be adapted in animated form far more faithfully than in live action, for less money. Netflix's "The Dragon Prince" shows that it could even be done on a streamer. It's more a matter of adjusting audience expectations than any kind of technical or financial barrier.
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